Skip to main content
knockwurst

knockwurst

2 8.1
A short, thick German sausage made from pork and beef
  • noun
  • /ˈnɑkˌwɜrst/
  • US
translation icon : knockwurst
  • For lunch, I ordered a hearty sandwich with knockwurst and mustard.

How to get it out of that cycle of knockwurst and cabbage and starving a village of stumbling corpses.

Examples

Synonyms

sausage
vsknockwurst
184 1.0

A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin

is one specific short thick type of that general food
brat
vsknockwurst
  • US
22 5.0

A small pork sausage like a bratwurst

is a short thick highly seasoned sausage rather than a small ordinary pork link
bratwurst
vsknockwurst
13 4.5

A German sausage people make from pork and often cook on a grill to eat in a bread roll

is a seasoned short thick variety not defined by grilling or serving
Vienna sausage
vsknockwurst
5 3.6

A small thin cooked sausage sold in cans or jars

is thicker and fresh rather than slender precooked and canned
liverwurst
vsknockwurst
  • US
5 7.3

A soft sausage spread made from cooked liver and meat served cold

is a firm seasoned pork and beef link not a liver spread
frankfurter
vsknockwurst
3 2.0

A smooth, smoky sausage of pork or beef often served in a bread roll

is thicker and more highly seasoned than this smooth smoked kind
knackwurst
vsknockwurst
2 8.6

A short thick German sausage usually made from pork and beef

has identical meaning and is the same type of sausage
wurst
vsknockwurst
1 5.1

A German sausage made from pork, beef or veal and spices

is a specific short thick variety within that general category
blutwurst
vsknockwurst
1 9.9

A German sausage made from pork and blood with spices

is made from plain pork and beef without blood as ingredient
wienerwurst
vsknockwurst
8.8

A thin smoked sausage made from beef or pork often served in a bun

is thicker and more highly seasoned rather than smooth and smoked

Surface Forms

knockwurst singular
knockwursts plural

Etymology

The word knockwurst comes from German knackwurst, where knack means 'snap' or 'crack' and refers to the sausage's firm skin that 'snaps' when you bite it. So the name fits this short, thick, well-seasoned sausage with a crisp outside.